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Asus Rampage II GENE Review
[Abstract]
Rise of the Micro X58sIt seems that being small is in vogue among motherboard vendors now. In this case, it means motherboards of the microATX form factor. While we can't pinpoint any seminal p...
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Temperature
With a rather modest cooling system including relatively low-profile passive heatsinks and a small heatsink for the ICH10R hub that's not even linked to the other heatsinks via heat pipes as is often done, it's not too surprising that the Gene was rather warm at its main 'Northbridge' heatsink. The temperature was no doubt lower than the Extreme, but by only a few degrees.
Power Consumption
Despite the presence of ASUS' EPU 6-Engine (set to Auto), the power draw of the ASUS Rampage II Gene at peak was slightly higher than some of its competitors. It however did fare better than the Rampage II Extreme. At idle however, this microATX board consumed less power than all the others, no doubt thanks to its form factor (and hence the lower number of features).
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